Joseph Austin Holmes
| Joseph Austin Holmes | |
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| Born |
January 23, 1859 Laurens County, South Carolina |
| Died | July 13, 1915 (aged 56) Denver, Colorado |
| Citizenship | American |
| Fields |
Geology Agriculture |
| Institutions |
U.S. Bureau of Mines (1910–1915) U.S. Geological Survey University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (1881) |
| Spouse | Margaret C Holmes |
Joseph Austin Holmes (January 23, 1859 – July 15, 1915) was a geologist and occupational safety and health pioneer, best known as the first director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. He is the namesake of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association created in 1916.
He contracted tuberculosis in 1914 and died of the disease in Denver, Colorado on July 13, 1915.
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